New Comic: World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth #1 — Jaina: “Reunion”

Blizzard has published "Reunion," a Battle for Azeroth comic on Jaina Proudmoore. This is the first of three comics leading up to the story of Battle for Azeroth.\r\rAfter Jaina's absence in Legion, she is slated to play a major role in Battle for Azeroth. She accompanies us as we arrive for the first time in Kul Tiras. After disappearing for most of the leveling in Kul Tiras, we need to rescue her.\r\rIn this comic we learn about the wounded pride of Kul Tiras, the relationship between Jaina and her mother, Jaina's doubts on her past decisions, and the political role Lady Ashvane plays in Boralus.\r\rAs the Horde and the Alliance reckon with the aftermath of their war with the Burning Legion, Jaina finds herself doing some soul searching in the ruins of Theramore. Alone with the ghosts of the dead city, she reflects on a bitter past full of heartbreak and betrayal\u2014and resolves to confront it with a return to her homeland of Kul Tiras.We invite you to read and download the free comic here. \r \rAboutWritten by Andrew Robinson and illustrated by Linda Cavallini and Emanuele Tenderini, \u201cReunion\u201d is the first in a series of comics leading up to Battle for Azeroth.Andrew Robinson is a senior writer on Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s creative development team, where he helps build and expand upon the fiction of our universes through comics, cinematics, and more. He started at Blizzard in 2014 as a writer focusing on animation projects, and has written and consulted for more than 30 animated TV shows over the course of his full career.Linda Cavallini is an Italian freelance illustrator who has worked on various children\u2019s illustrated books since 2008. She is currently on working on the fantasy\/sci-fi comic Lumina with Emanuele Tenderini through their publishing house Tatai Lab, which they established in 2015.Emanuele Tenderini is an Italian comic book artist who began his career at various French publishers. He later worked with famed Italian comic book writer and publisher Sergio Bonelli before forming Tatai Lab in 2015 with Linda Cavallini.

Comentarios

Comentario de 68doc

on 2018-05-22T13:46:26-05:00

We get it. She can't get over it. She's a strong independent mage who don't need no mana.

Comentario de Sp33dey

on 2018-05-22T13:54:16-05:00

AWESOME Comic! Although we already know that we'll convince them to join.\rJaina's fate still is very sad, she suffered so much and is blamed for all.\r\rWhat's cool though is that this comic shows that she wasn't just hanging out anywhere but fought the Legion on her own.

Comentario de Synea

on 2018-05-22T13:56:41-05:00

Mists of Pandaria\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not all like that!"\r\rWarlords of Draenor\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not all like that!"\r\rLegion\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not all like that!"\r\rBattle for Azeroth\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not a-"\rSylvanas: "YES THE HORDE IS EXACTLY LIKE THAT! HAHAHAHA! Die die everybody die! You there loyal minion, find me an infant so the Horde may steal it's candy."\rJaina: =]\rHorde: "....."

Comentario de AlakeiThancan

on 2018-05-22T13:59:36-05:00

Mists of Pandaria\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not all like that!"\r\rWarlords of Draenor\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not all like that!"\r\rLegion\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not all like that!"\r\rBattle for Azeroth\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not a-"\rSylvanas: "YES THE HORDE IS EXACTLY LIKE THAT! HAHAHAHA! Die die everybody die! You there loyal minion, find me an infant so the Horde may steal it's candy."\rJaina: =]\rHorde: "....."\r\rI'll still wait for release to cast my ballot regarding the Sylvanas issue, but ... Thanks man, you made my evening.

Comentario de Rankkor

on 2018-05-22T13:59:36-05:00

She's a strong independent mage who don't need no mana.\r\rNot gonna lie...... this made me laugh :P\r\rWish we had an upvote system darn it!!!

Comentario de landjones

on 2018-05-22T14:00:47-05:00

Jaina is so boring, gosh

Comentario de Sign82

on 2018-05-22T14:16:38-05:00

Bring upvote system please.Kind regards :)

Comentario de Reizert

on 2018-05-22T14:21:17-05:00

To be honest i feel a bit dissapointed. I mean i feel bad about Jaina but she basically blames all the Horde for the actions of one. Its like you got hurt by someone and you blame all humanity for it, even though the rest doesn't have anything to do with it.

I dont really know her lore, but isn't there was a book where she got over Theramore right? And she realized that most of the Horde was against Garrosh and his deeds? Or that book doesn't count?

Comentario de Zharikov

on 2018-05-22T14:28:41-05:00

Jaina, please. The Caverns of Time answers what would have happened if you sided against the Horde, or there was no Horde. As does the Hour of Twilight.\r\rYou know, the world being destroyed by the Legion or the Old Gods. That kind of thing.

Comentario de DonJoseTheGreat

Also, reading Golden's stuff, I'm struck by how recurringly emo her writing seems to be. First we got Emo!Sylv and now we're getting Emo!Jaina from a senior staff writer on another piece.

I can't wait until we get the inevitable Emo!LorewalkerCho

Memes aside, idk. Recurring theme of this is always "nobody understands the full story but the player."

The PROBLEM with that is it's been 10+ real years (and however many in-game) and that irony has become really, really tedious and tired as a plot device.

And these characters don't really change, learn, or grow. Half of the faction leaders aren't even fleshed out well.

And the war wages on and on and on, because people just don't talk about stuff.

I think I'm ready for WoW to end, honestly.

Comentario de musicallittle1

on 2018-05-22T14:29:28-05:00

They messed-up pretty badly, at least in the players' eyes, in this comic. The only character in the comic that looks like the new Kul Tiran allied race is Lady Ashvane (sp?) and not a single other person in that crowd. They all look like, shocker, the human race we already have available. Except Jaina looks like some strange half-serpent person with a torso that is 2x longer than humanly possible.

Comentario de Marciano

on 2018-05-22T14:29:29-05:00

"Let it go, let it go\rCan't hold it back anymore\rLet it go, let it go\rTurn my back and slam the door"\rJaina Proudmoore BFA version

Comentario de Eruanne

on 2018-05-22T14:33:09-05:00

Mists of Pandaria\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not all like that!"\r\rWarlords of Draenor\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not all like that!"\r\rLegion\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not all like that!"\r\rBattle for Azeroth\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not a-"\rSylvanas: "YES THE HORDE IS EXACTLY LIKE THAT! HAHAHAHA! Die die everybody die! You there loyal minion, find me an infant so the Horde may steal it's candy."\rJaina: =]\rHorde: "....."\r\rxD this is too good. love it,

Comentario de marofa

on 2018-05-22T14:35:09-05:00

Mists of Pandaria\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not all like that!"\r\rWarlords of Draenor\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not all like that!"\r\rLegion\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not all like that!"\r\rBattle for Azeroth\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not a-"\rSylvanas: "YES THE HORDE IS EXACTLY LIKE THAT! HAHAHAHA! Die die everybody die! You there loyal minion, find me an infant so the Horde may steal it's candy."\rJaina: =]\rHorde: "....."\r\rROFLMAO

Comentario de Kanariya

on 2018-05-22T14:40:43-05:00

...Battle for Azeroth\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not a-"\rSylvanas: "YES THE HORDE IS EXACTLY LIKE THAT! HAHAHAHA! Die die everybody die! You there loyal minion, find me an infant so the Horde may steal it's candy."\rJaina: =]\rHorde: "....."\r\rlol. Too good.\r\rBut sadly it seems like this is the direction the story is going, without the comedy. Garrosh 2.0 is not a good story, Garrosh 1.0 wasn't even.

Comentario de omedon666

on 2018-05-22T14:46:27-05:00

Mists of Pandaria\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not all like that!"\r\rWarlords of Draenor\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not all like that!"\r\rLegion\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not all like that!"\r\rBattle for Azeroth\rJaina: "Grrr Theramore! Horde sucks! They're all savages!"\rHorde: "We're not a-"\rSylvanas: "YES THE HORDE IS EXACTLY LIKE THAT! HAHAHAHA! Die die everybody die! You there loyal minion, find me an infant so the Horde may steal it's candy."\rJaina: =]\rHorde: "....."\r\rThank you, Synea, for finally posting something that didn't make me wish for a block feature. This is quite funny, well done! :)

Comentario de DarkAviator

on 2018-05-22T14:52:23-05:00

Bad writing. Too bad this seems more common the longer WoW continues.

Comentario de Wowfan12

on 2018-05-22T14:53:05-05:00

Did I hear there's two more comics?

Comentario de Lionknight25

on 2018-05-22T15:01:24-05:00

We get it. She can't get over it. She's a strong independent mage who don't need no mana.\r\rIts very early to judge a character that hasn't had a lot of screentime during legion. Besides I like Jaina a lot more than Sylvanas

Comentario de bayonnefrog

on 2018-05-22T15:08:46-05:00

The Horde is so pointless. Like they still haven't even evolved beyond "me smash" like 8 expansions later. Useless